Overview

• Federal court documents state that Carie Hallford will formally change her plea to guilty on charges stemming from nearly $900,000 in Small Business Administration COVID-relief loans
• Prosecutors allege the Hallfords diverted relief aid and customer payments toward luxury cars, cryptocurrency and designer goods while sending families counterfeit ashes
• Jon Hallford pleaded guilty last month to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and is now serving a 20-year prison sentence for defrauding the federal government
• In separate state proceedings, both Hallfords face 191 counts of corpse abuse after authorities discovered about 190 decomposing bodies stored without refrigeration
• The case has prompted calls for stronger regulation of Colorado funeral homes following reports of expired registrations and lack of routine inspections